A deeply-divided gathering of U.S. Presbyterian Church elders and ministers narrowly voted on Friday to divest the religious group's holdings in three American companies it says have ties to Jewish settlements in occupied Palestinian Territories.

As a result of the vote the church will divest holdings worth roughly $21 million in Caterpillar Inc., Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola Solutions.

"We as a church cannot profit from the destruction of homes and lives," said Reverend Gradye Parsons in a statement about the decision at its meeting in Detroit. "We continue to invest in many businesses involved in peaceful pursuits in Israel."

Members of one of the largest mainline Protestant denominations had voiced concerns for years over the prospect of companies profiting from "non-peaceful pursuits", and the decision came amid an international movement pushing a boycott of Israeli goods.

Friday's vote - 310 in favor, 303 against - came after about a decade of debate and the rejection by two votes in 2012 of a similar measure. It was almost certainly the largest such commitment among U.S. church-group conventions.

Friday's vote - 310 in favor, 303 against - came after about a decade of debate and the rejection by two votes in 2012 of a similar measure.

This is so typical of the Left; keep voting, year after year, until you win. Even if it takes 50 years, these b@$ta@rds never give. They wear the rest of us down.

Somewhere, somehow, we got to say: "NO you lose, don't bring it up again!".

And of course, it's all over the Israelis treatment of the Palestinians, a people politically dedicated to their demise above all else. With proven killings and bombings and violence year after year after, without giving up, just like the Left and their voting tactics... Hmm... I see a coincidence here...

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